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Pope Benedict XVI raises his after celebrating a mass at Yankee Stadium in New York City on April 20, 2008. (UPI Photo/John Angelillo) .
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ROME, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Hunger is so rampant in the world that countries' displays of opulence are unacceptable, Pope Benedict XVI told a food security summit in Rome Tuesday.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A poll taken just after Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Prague and Brno last month suggests just 24 percent of Czechs believe in God, authorities said.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI, who arrived in the Czech Republic on Saturday, may face a daunting task convincing residents to forgo secularism, a religious leader says.
LES COMBES, Italy, July 29 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday he may have broken his wrist during his summer vacation in northern Italy because God wanted to humble him.
TURIN, Italy, July 20 (UPI) -- Police in Turin, Italy, say three nuns were caught driving 120 mph on their way to visit Pope Benedict XVI, who had been hurt in a fall.
L'AQUILA, Italy, July 9 (UPI) -- Wives of the Group of Eight leaders visited with Pope Benedict XVI at Vatican City while their spouses met in L'Aquila.
VATICAN CITY, July 7 (UPI) -- The global financial crisis was caused by the greed of financiers and investors and points out the need for international controls, Pope Benedict XVI says.
NAZARETH, Israel, May 14 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI said mass for about 40,000 participants Thursday at the Mount of the Transfiguration near Nazareth, the boyhood home of Jesus Christ.
JERUSALEM, May 12 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI, speaking Tuesday at the Garden of Gethsemane, said Jerusalem is being impoverished by the exodus of Christians.
YAOUNDE, Cameroon, March 19 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI told 60,000 people jammed into a soccer stadium Thursday in Cameroon that Africa is a "continent of hope" at risk of materialism.